Resume problem following desktop upgrade to Karmic

Patton Echols p.echols at comcast.net
Sun Mar 21 08:53:53 UTC 2010


On 03/20/2010 10:37 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> On 03/19/2010 04:47 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:35:55 -0700
>>> Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Here is the problem:  After the display powers down, it will not
>>>> power up.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Kick me if I am wrong, but, if the monitor actually powers down,
>>> doesn't it take a button push to power it back up?  If it is only
>>> blanked, yes, activity of mouse or keyboard brings it back, but it the
>>> power is actually off...
>>>
>>>       
>> Sorry, wrong terminology.  Yes, the monitor is blanked and then the
>> monitor goes into a low power state, (The green light turns orange)
>>
>> And when running jaunty, a scroll of the mouse wheel or touch of the
>> space bar restored it, but not in Karmic.
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a bug, or a setting that has changed?
>> Because there is a real energy savings, I'd like this to work.
>>     
>
> Check your power-management settings in Preferences. Is it going into
> standby rather than just blanking the screen?
>
>
>   
In the "On AC Power" tab: Put computer to sleep when inactive for: = "Never"
Put display to sleep when inactive for: = "Never" / previously set to 
"30 Minutes"
That is the only change I made.  There are no other options except a 
disk spindown box. (unchecked)

Thanks though.





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